How to Talk to the Doctor About Your Elderly Parent or Spouse
A frequent problem expressed among family caregivers is that their aging loved ones aren’t honest with their doctors. At home, they may gripe about...
A frequent problem expressed among family caregivers is that their aging loved ones aren’t honest with their doctors. At home, they may gripe about...
Long-term marriages generally evolve into a support system so efficient that even adult children hardly notice changes in their parents. If Dad’s hearing is...
They say hindsight is 20/20. But things from the past that may seem “clear” to you now can still be distorted by difficult emotions—especially...
Are you prepared to take on the responsibility of caring for a family member? Will you be able to handle the commitment of moving...
Even among medical experts, you will find differing opinions on how much someone with advanced dementia of any type understands. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in...
When a person develops any form of dementia, it is difficult for family and friends to witness their diminishing capacity and the unbearable frustration...
People stare. Most are not unkind, they are just curious. Yet when someone “different” from the norm becomes part of their environment, they often...
Most of us lead frantic lives. That’s the nature of the world today. When you add to that the job—for it is a high-stress...
Dear Carol: My dad was my rock and was always there for his little daughter when I needed support, even more so after Mom...
When an elderly parent transitions from their home to assisted living, independent living, a nursing home or a relative’s home, it can be a...